The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person with the skills.
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You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.
I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis.
You're in a situation where you have limited education opportunities, you don't have any money, you can't get a job; what are you going to do? You're going to go back to this criminal network that you actually made while you were in prison.
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.
If we went back to the imprisonment rate we had in the early '70s, something like four out of five people employed in the prison industry would lose their jobs. That's what you're up against.
Prison is a recruitment center for the army of crime. That is what it achieves.
Private-sector firms are increasingly active in the prison industry and they and the militantly unionized correctional officers, almost all unskilled labor, constantly lead public demands for more criminal statutes and more draconian penalties.
I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.
In fashion, there are so many gangs, if you identify too much with one, you get caught - I would lose my freedom.
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